I'm not sure if the mind-reading thing applies only for him in relation to other robots, but considering human brain activity consists of electrical impulses, too, I presume it's equally applicable to reading human thoughts.

I'm not sure if the mind-reading thing applies only for him in relation to other robots, but considering human brain activity consists of electrical impulses, too, I presume it's equally applicable to reading human thoughts.

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Ah, thanks for that link. I was searching through various websites but couldn't find anything.

Holy crap. They should have Soundwave read minds in Transformers: Prime

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I think if he was going to have any mind-reading abilities I'd like some kind of limits set on them. If he can just dip in and out of anyone's mind at will it would get boring real quick. And he'd have discovered the location of the Autobot's hidden base already.

Maybe he should only be able to read minds if he's in stasis mode. So then there's a certain vulnerability to the skill. He's not likely to shut himself down with the enemy around or in the middle of a firefight but could still use his ability if he had a prisoner secured in an environment where Soundwave can stasis himself in safety and 'tune into' their mind and read their thoughts.

Yeah, letting him godmode this shit would definitely ruin it for the show. I've always liked the idea of weaknesses involving being able to isolate whats actually being intercepted, and only getting glimpses of clarity.

Along with that, maybe his ability would work better at certain times than others, and be more or less prone to certain individuals? I know that none of these ideas are original per say, but they definitely seem more plausible than Soundwave just being lazy at certain times or whatever.

I'd just not want a freely mind-reading Soundwave to walk up to Megatron after encountering the Autobots and going "The Autobot base is here, these are the security codes, here's Ratchet's working formula for synthetic energon, this is where Bumblebee hid that powerful mcguffin, Bulkhead sniffs fembot chassis parts - after Wheeljack has worn them, Arcee is actually a tiny alien driving her robot body from a little chair in her head, and Optimus is allergic to salmon and poetry. Oh, and your bank account pin number is 7479, Megatron, and you left your lost car keys in your other pants pocket".